Re: Microsoft Increased Lobbying in '98

[Case Roole <cjr@xs4all.nl>]

> 
> Simon Cooke wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hey, if you think that's good, wait till you get a load of this:
> > 
> > http://www.crp.org/indivs/name.htm
> 
> So what?  Last time I looked, Sun, Netscape, AOL, etc. are not on trial
> for Antitrust violations.  Microsoft is.
> 
> Sun, Netscape, AOL are not monopolies either.  Microsoft is.

I'd say that being a monopoly isn't relevant in this matter of campaign
contributions. What really matters is that Microsoft might have made a
settlement with the South Carolina Republican party consisting of paying
them money for dropping the lawsuit against Microsoft.

When explaining why South Carolina dropped the case, Mr. Condon chose not
to refer to the case as filed, but rather to rehash Microsoft's press 
releases on the AOL/Netscape merger. This should make the matter suspect.

-cjr